Government owes the youth an apology and more
COVID-19 has saved young people from the traditional jamboree and false sense of progress accustomed with June 16 gatherings. There will not be stadiums or... Read more.
Economy built on Ubuntu is possible
26 April 2020 The stranglehold of Covid-19 on our economy has given us a glimpse of what the future might look like – and it is red! The government has taken impressive... Read more.
Media a hidden casualty of virus
19 April 2020 “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” reads the official slogan of American newspaper The Washington Post, owned by the richest man on planet earth, Jeff... Read more.
Women show way in philanthropy
5 April 2020 The gesture by billionaire heiress – Mary Oppenheimer and her daughters to donate R1-billion to the Solidarity Fund set up by government to ward... Read more.
SA always policing black wealth
22 March 2020 Conscience of a Centrist It was in the summer of 2015 when the “unthinkable” happened – former, and perhaps disgraced Public Investment Corporation... Read more.
Where are Africa’s vaccines?
15 March 2020 Conscience of a Centrist The novel coronavirus has once again exposed the biggest achilles heel of South Africa and the rest of the continent –... Read more.
Time to give the voters’ voice an ear
1 March 2020 Conscience of a Centrist Can the real Tito Mboweni please stand up! His twitter alter ego could run this economy much better than the lacklustre, timid... Read more.
Kids must know our painful past
16 February 2020 Conscience of a Centrist “Who is De Klerk, papa?” quizzed my nine-year-old son as we watched the fracas that took the shine off the state of... Read more.
Just like love, justice is blind, knows no status
9 February 2020 Conscience of a Centrist “The warrant of arrest simply stands as a test to the people and we warn the judiciary and its friends. Do not threaten... Read more.
Poor bleed and rich celebrate
19 January 2020 Conscience of a Centrist It’s easy to mock Davos – so I will. The opulent ski resort, nested in Switzerland, will this week for the umpteenth... Read more.
